Recent Additions
Life of an Indian Outpost
First edition, c1914
Major Gordon Casserly, of the Indian Army
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1914
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Secret Agent
1914, the fourth edition of Conrad's classic novel
Joseph Conrad
Methuen, London, 1914
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 1919–1961
predominantly their service in the Second World War
Brigadier J Clabby, and General Sir Cecil S Sugden
J Allen, London, 1963
£24.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions
Now Pray We For Our Country
1940, a scarce Eric Knight novel of a mining village in Yorkshire
Eric Knight
Cassell, London, 1940
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Function of Literature
A Study of Christoper Caudwell's Aesthetics
David N Margolies
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1969
£10.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The West Indian Experience in British Schools
Multi-Racial Education and Social Disadvantage in London
Raymond Giles
Heinemann Educational Books, London, 1977
£15.00
Social Sciences & Anthropology | Soft Cover | First Editions
Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park
1855, illustrated and with maps, Great Exhibition interest
Samuel Phillips, illustrated by P H Delamotte
The Crystal Palace Library, London, 1855
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Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover
A War-torn Chester Parish
St Werburgh's before, during and after the Great War
Ann Marie Curtis, et al
Scotforth Books, 2017
£20.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover | First Editions
Master Humphrey's Clock
1840–1841, first edition, complete in three volumes
Charles Dickens, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne
Chapman & Hall, London, 1840
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Journey's End, A Play in Three Acts
1929, The third printing of the American edition
R C Sherriff
Brentano's, New York, 1929
£15.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions
Dream Children, A Reverie, and The Child Angel, A Dream
1902, two essays from Charles Lamb in an attractive leather binding
Charles Lamb
De La More Press, London, 1902
£30.00
Essays | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Bonnie Prince Charlie & Greater Edinburgh
Two small tartan-bound books from The Thistle Library
W T Fyfe, and anonymous
Andersons, Edinburgh, 1920
£30.00
History | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings
The Murder in Romney Marsh
1929, a classic crime novel from Edgar Jepson
Edgar Jepson
Herbert Jenkins, London, 1929
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
Justini Historiæ Philippicæ: Cum Versione Anglica
1759, with the Latin and English text printed in double columns
Justin, translated by John Clarke
W Clarke (Son of the Author), London, 1759
£40.00
History | Hard Cover
A Short History of the English People
1877, with Jessel bookplate and juvelnile signature of businessman Oliver Jessel
John Richard Green
Macmillan, London, 1877
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Leather Bound
Art in the Light of Conscience (Signed copy)
Eight essays on poetry by Marina Tsvetaeva, signed by translator Angela Livingstone, and a copy of The Ratcatcher (also signed by Livingstone)
Marina Tsvetaeva, translated & edited by Angela Livingstone
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1992
£35.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
RAILWAYANA original 1870s handwritten letter concerning George Stephenson
Disputing Stephenson's claim to have invented the Locomotive
William Beattie, and engine designer, to Rochdale Pioneer George Healey
Not Published, 1870
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Transport | Soft Cover | Handwritten
The History of Romney Marsh from its Earliest Formation to 1837
1849, a rare first edition of the first history of the Marsh
William Holloway
John Russell Smith, London, 1849
£100.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions
Rock Mr Blues (Signed copy)
The Life & Music of Wynonie Harris, signed by Tony Collins
Tony Collins
Big Nickel Publications, Milford, New Hampshire, 1995
£40.00
Music | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
David Leach, A Potter's Life with Workshop Notes (Signed copy)
Signed and dated by David Leach
David Leach, edited by Robert Fournier
Fournier Pottery, Lacock, 1977
£50.00
Crafts | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Dorothy Wilding, 1928 photograph of Prince George, Duke of Kent
Signed by both Dorothy Wilding and Prince George
Dorothy Wilding
Dorothy Wilding, London, 1928
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Oxfordshire Annals, 1869 (Signed copy)
Signed by John Marriott Davenport to Horatio Nelson Goddard, JP
John Marriott Davenport
E W Morris, Oxford, 1869
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Starkenden Quest
A classic 1925 Lost Race adventure from Gilbert Collins
Gilbert Collins
Duckworth & Co, London, 1925
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Valley of Eyes Unseen
An early lost race novel set in the Himalayas
Gilbert Collins
Duckworth & Co, London, 1923
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Mogreb-El-Acksa, A Journey in Morocco (with signed letter)
With a handwritten letter from R B Cunningham Graham pasted in
R B Cunningham Graham
Duckworth & Co, London, 1928
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Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies
